Jerry Davis
vanishingcorp.bsky.social
Jerry Davis
@vanishingcorp.bsky.social
Amateur sociologist, Detroit patriot, smug vegetarian. Org theory, social movements, corporate power, finding alternatives. Opinions generated at random.
Probably for the connector to Slaterville Springs.
January 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
There is already a Seligman-bot trained on Martin Seligman's life's work. And the universities have an archive of materials in Gmail, Google drive, Zoom videos -- suitable for training an LLM. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.
New AI-generated digital replicas of real experts expose an unnerving policy gray zone. Washington wants to fix it, but it’s not clear how.
www.politico.com
January 19, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Did it come with a monkey's paw in one of the branches? This whole thing sounds kind of sus (as the kids said in 2019).
January 16, 2024 at 1:56 AM
It's surprising how often this post is relevant.
January 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Maybe everyone with an inclination toward the arts has to read "The catcher in the rye" about that stupid boarding school kid with the red hat who lost all that hockey equipment on the train. (OK, it's been 50 years, I may have forgotten the point of that book.)
December 30, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Will check it out!
December 28, 2023 at 2:42 AM
Thanks for the hashtag -- I was thinking "Toucans on Lake Erie?" (which would def make Ohio more interesting).
December 24, 2023 at 10:48 PM
December 22, 2023 at 9:03 PM
"Hayek, meet Amazon, which knows the prices that obtain among transactions across the economy far better than the transactors themselves. And the character of supply chains. And it can run experiments to test consumers' willingness to pay. Time to update that '45 paper?"
December 22, 2023 at 9:02 PM
A great podcast series for your next long trip: the-santiago-boys.com
The Santiago Boys
This is a podcast about a continent that dared to dream big - and challenge the power of Big Tech before Big Tech was a thing.
the-santiago-boys.com
December 19, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Meanwhile, these schools granted 391,375 undergraduate degrees in business.
December 18, 2023 at 1:28 PM
Are you the real Tim Gill or an anxiety-bot?
December 17, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Also possibly a werewolf/human divide.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-Dybvig
December 15, 2023 at 6:00 PM
The irony of a Florida university opining about the sacredness of free speech is...something. www.aaup.org/report/repor...
Report of a Special Committee: Political Interference and Academic
Published December 2023.1 What we are witnessing in Florida is an intellectual reign of terror. There is a tremendous sense of dread right now, not just among faculty; it’s tangible among students
www.aaup.org
December 15, 2023 at 2:11 AM